Brake for mine-locomotives.



JAMES F. FLYNN, OF PARDUS, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRAKE vFOR MINE-LOCOMOTIVES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application tiled May 7, 1907. Serial No. 372,425-n To all whom t may concern: l

Be it known that 1, JAMES F. FLYNN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pardus, in the county of Jefferson and State ol Pennsylvania,

.have invented certain new and useiul Improvements in Brakes i'or l\Iine-Locomotives, ol which the following is a specitication, reterenee being had therein to the accompanying drawing. l

This invention relates to brakes lor mine locomotives, and the invention has for its object to provide a novel brake that can be easily and quickly applied, the brake being designed lor various types ol' electric locomotives used in mines.

Another object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive brake that will not interlere with the general operating mechanism ol' a mine locomotive.

A l'urther object ol this invention is to provide a strong and durable brakethat can readily be used in connection with short coupled locomotives, the brake occupying a comparatively small space within the locomotive.

With the above and other objects in view, the 1nvention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement ol parts to be hereinafter more lully described and then specitically pointed out in the appended claims.

Vteierring to the drawing forming part ol this speci- Iication, like numerals ol reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which:

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view ol my improved brake mechanism as applied to a locomotive, Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.

1n the accompanying drawing, l have illustrated .in dotted lines a portion of a conventional l'orm ol' mine locomotive, the locomotive comprising a casing or housing l [or trucks 2 and 3, said trucks having flanged wheels 4.

My invention resides in providing the side walls 5 oi the casing or housing with bearings 6 for pivoted brake levers 7 said levers being provided with brake shoes 8 and 9, the shoes 8 engaging the wheels L1l ol the truck `2 andthe shoes 9 engaging the wheels Ll ol the truck 3. rlhe upper ends oi the brake levers 7 are connected by links l0 to the ends oi a cross head 1l, said links being guided in brackets 12 carried by the side walls 5 oi the casing or housing 1.

The cross head 11 is adjustably connected as at 14, to a rod 15, slidably mounted in a horizontally dis posed bracket 1G, carried by the side walls 5 ol the locomotive. Pivotally connected to the bracket 1G as at 17, is an actuating lever 18, said lever being connected to the rod 15, as at 19, and .provided with a spring pressed locking pawl 20 adapted to engage in a toothed segment-shaped rack 21 carried by the bracket 16. The spring pressed locking pawl 20 is of a conventional iorm ordinarily used in connection with the throttle or similar lever.

l desire to call particularattention to the construction oi the brake levers 7 and the arrangement ot' the brake shoes S and t). By referring to Fig. l ol the drawing, it will be observed that the brake shoes S engage the under side oi the wheels 4 ot the truck 2, while the shoes 9 engage the upper side ofthe wheels 4- Voi the truck 3, consequently when the actuating lever 1S is moved to set the brakes, the stress and strain upon the shoes S and S), will be equalized and practically no strain will be exerted upon the bearings G of the brake levers 7. ln so arranging the brake shoes, l obtain more positive results than could be otherwise accomplished by arranging the shoes to engage only the upper or under side of the wheels 4.

The simplicity oi construction entering into my improved brake permits oi an ordinary locomotive being readily equipped with the same, and the novel manner in which the brake shoes are disposed allows the brake to be used in connection with a very short coupled locomotive, this type ol locomotive being more desirable in a mine than that of a long coupled locomotive. The brake shoes can be easily and quickly renewed at any desired time without interfering ywith or removing any part oi the operating mechanism of the locomotive and while l have herein illustrated the actuating lever .1S as being disposed in a horizontal plane, it is obvious that the same can be changed to conform to the various types oi locomotives at present used.

Such changes in the arrangement and minor details of my invention as are permissible-by the appended claims, may be resorted to without departing l'rom the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: i

The combination with the trucks and housing of a mine locomotive, of pivot'ed brake levers carried b v the side walls oiY said housing. shoes connected to said brake -levers and adapted to engage the under side of the wheels .ence ot two witnesses.

JAMES F. FLYNN.

Witnesses Ron'r. HonesoN, JOSEPH TAYLOR. 

